diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index 22fa317f7b5..8017ba392a4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -4300,11 +4300,11 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION process_emp_audit() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $emp_audit$
         -- making use of the special variable TG_OP to work out the operation.
         --
         IF (TG_OP = 'DELETE') THEN
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'D', now(), user, OLD.*;
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'D', now(), current_user, OLD.*;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') THEN
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'U', now(), user, NEW.*;
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'U', now(), current_user, NEW.*;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'INSERT') THEN
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'I', now(), user, NEW.*;
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit SELECT 'I', now(), current_user, NEW.*;
         END IF;
         RETURN NULL; -- result is ignored since this is an AFTER trigger
     END;
@@ -4370,20 +4370,20 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_emp_view() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
             IF NOT FOUND THEN RETURN NULL; END IF;
 
             OLD.last_updated = now();
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('D', user, OLD.*);
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('D', current_user, OLD.*);
             RETURN OLD;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') THEN
             UPDATE emp SET salary = NEW.salary WHERE empname = OLD.empname;
             IF NOT FOUND THEN RETURN NULL; END IF;
 
             NEW.last_updated = now();
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('U', user, NEW.*);
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('U', current_user, NEW.*);
             RETURN NEW;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'INSERT') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp VALUES(NEW.empname, NEW.salary);
 
             NEW.last_updated = now();
-            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('I', user, NEW.*);
+            INSERT INTO emp_audit VALUES('I', current_user, NEW.*);
             RETURN NEW;
         END IF;
     END;
@@ -4598,13 +4598,13 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION process_emp_audit() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $emp_audit$
         --
         IF (TG_OP = 'DELETE') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit
-                SELECT 'D', now(), user, o.* FROM old_table o;
+                SELECT 'D', now(), current_user, o.* FROM old_table o;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit
-                SELECT 'U', now(), user, n.* FROM new_table n;
+                SELECT 'U', now(), current_user, n.* FROM new_table n;
         ELSIF (TG_OP = 'INSERT') THEN
             INSERT INTO emp_audit
-                SELECT 'I', now(), user, n.* FROM new_table n;
+                SELECT 'I', now(), current_user, n.* FROM new_table n;
         END IF;
         RETURN NULL; -- result is ignored since this is an AFTER trigger
     END;